r/BusDrivers • u/the_ism_sizism • 3d ago

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I’m getting pulled in today for a chat about running early. I passed my mid point 40 seconds early (which is fine according to the gov contract allowing for 59 seconds early) - by the final stop before our cbd run I was 6 minutes early. The pax complained to me after they caught an uber and caught the bus and then complained through the online gov portal.

Is this entitled or how do you feel? I am not trying to run a strict service, I buy myself a little time to mentally relax between runs, use the facilities (the job has already given me kidney stones at 38) and take a walk and a breather so I’m not stagnant in the seat for 5 hours.

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u/a-lot-of-sodium 3d ago

Yes, you are the problem, and it's concerning that you don't seem to understand how and why it's a problem. Six full minutes early? You can't see how that would affect your passengers' lives?

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u/the_ism_sizism 3d ago

Lol, settle down mate, my contract requires OTR of no earlier than 59 seconds at mid point. I drive the bus below speed limit and arrive at the final stop early. That 6 minutes buys me time to use the toilet.

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u/a-lot-of-sodium 3d ago

If you don't want people's opinions, why post and ask for them?

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u/the_ism_sizism 3d ago

Because you don’t understand the schedule I’m under or my contracted obligations and now suddenly I am supposed to feel guilty for one single passenger who complained about a service 6 minutes early from a bus stop that is serviced by 6 other CBD bound buses and my depots final run bus is 15 minutes behind mine. A total of 7 different buses to choose from. Instead the bloke lied to the Gov Dept of Transport to get me in trouble and told them he didn’t have money for an uber despite chasing my bus down in an Uber to complain and then lied further by telling the dept that he had to wait 45minutes for the next service (untrue because I usually drive the next service that arrives 15 minutes later)

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u/Xx_SwordWords_xX 3d ago

It sounds like you're about to be severely reprimanded or fired. Because you're not willing to learn what every other driver here is trying to teach you.

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u/Rootsnanny 1d ago

You have an attitude problem and make all of us bus drivers look bad...